|
Name
|
Portrait
|
Tenure
|
Political party
|
Parliament
|
References
|
|
James Aubrey Martensz
|
|
14 October 1947 – 29 December 1948
|
Independent
|
1st
|
[1]
|
|
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
|
|
11 January 1949 – 14 February 1951
|
Independent
|
[1]
|
|
T. Ramalingam
|
|
15 February 1951 – 8 April 1952
|
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
|
[1]
|
|
M. W. R. de Silva
|
|
9 June 1952 – 18 February 1956
|
United National Party
|
2nd
|
[1]
|
|
R. S. Pelpola
|
|
19 April 1956 – 18 September 1958
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
3rd
|
[1]
|
|
L. S. Jinasena
|
|
18 September 1958 – 5 December 1959
|
United National Party
|
[1]
|
|
Hugh Fernando
|
|
30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960
|
United National Party
|
4th
|
[1]
|
|
A. M. Adikari
|
|
5 August 1960 – 17 October 1962
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
5th
|
[1]
|
|
D. A. Rajapaksa
|
|
6 November 1962 – 10 February 1964
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
[1]
|
|
I. A. Cader
|
|
12 February 1964 – 17 December 1964
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
[1]
|
|
Thomas Quentin Fernando
|
|
5 April 1965 – 22 April 1967
|
United National Party
|
6th
|
[1]
|
|
Razik Fareed
|
|
18 May 1967 – 28 September 1967
|
United National Party
|
[1]
|
|
M. Sivasithamparam
|
|
29 September 1967 – 8 March 1968
|
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
|
[1]
|
|
G. J. P. Perera
|
|
9 March 1968 – 25 March 1970
|
United National Party
|
[1]
|
|
Senapala Samarasekera
|
|
22 July 1970 – 22 May 1972
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
7th
|
[1]
|
|
Name
|
Portrait
|
Tenure
|
Political party
|
Assembly
|
References
|
|
Senapala Samarasekera
|
|
22 May 1972 – 10 July 1976
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
1st
|
[1]
|
|
C. Arulampalam
|
|
23 July 1976 – 18 May 1977
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
[1]
|
|
C. R. Beligammana
|
|
4 August 1977 – 6 September 1977
|
United National Party
|
2nd
|
[1]
|
|
Edmund Samarawickrema
|
|
7 September 1977 – 7 September 1978
|
United National Party
|
[1]
|
|
Name
|
Portrait
|
Tenure
|
Political party
|
Parliament
|
References
|
|
Edmund Samarawickrema
|
|
7 September 1978 – 20 December 1988
|
United National Party
|
8th
|
[1]
|
|
Ariya B. Rekawa
|
|
9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994
|
United National Party
|
9th
|
[1]
|
|
Rauff Hakeem
|
|
25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000
|
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
|
10th
|
[1]
|
|
Lalith Dissanayake
|
|
18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
11th
|
[1]
|
|
Siri Andrahennady
|
|
19 December 2001 – 7 February 2004
|
United National Party
|
12th
|
[1]
|
|
M. Satchithanandan
|
|
18 May 2004 – 25 August 2006
|
United National Party
|
13th
|
[1]
|
|
Piyasiri Wijenayake
|
|
5 September 2006 – 4 October 2006
|
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
|
[1]
|
|
Ramalingam Chandrasekar
|
|
5 October 2006 – 20 April 2010
|
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
|
[1]
|
|
Murugesu Chandrakumar
|
|
22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
|
Eelam People's Democratic Party
|
14th
|
[1]
|
|
Selvam Adaikalanathan
|
|
20 January 2015 – 3 March 2020
|
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
|
15th
|
[1]
|
|
Angajan Ramanathan
|
|
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
|
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
|
16th
|
[1]
|
|
Hemali Weerasekara
|
|
21 November 2024 – present
|
National People's Power
|
17th
|
[1]
|